Oak logs

[Ben Trout]

We have just come back from summer camp. When we arrived on site there was an over extended Oak limb that had fallen off. We (well, the Scouts!) cut it up to clear come space. The site crew said it was fine to burn it or use it as we saw fit.

Some of it was burned (eventually). We cut and brought home three logs.

Log 1 180mm diameter 1300mm long

Log 2 150mm diameter 1050mm long

Log 3 200mm diameter 700mm long

They are fairly green still.

What I would like to do is sell them to make some money for some Troop kit.
Where am I best putting them up for sale? Am I best off leaving them the current lengths?
Should I split them and leave a few years and sell them seasoned?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Spunyarn]

Not sure how much you could get for some logs?

My brother is does wood turning as a hobby, and I know that the kind of wood you have to use to make anything half decent has to be dried. Often over a year or so slowly dried out, or sometimes kiln dried. So don't know how much use it would be for carpenters and the like. But then I know sod all about woodwork.

I was in cotswold outdoor in Brecon the other day and they had some awesome clothes pegs on the wall in the changing room.

Basically, it was a slither of the outside of a log, with three holes drilled, and three lengths (about 4 inches long), stuck into the holes, to make a very rustic, and cool, outdoor looking clothes pegs. I'm tempted to make one myself, looks very easy. There's probably loads of stuff like that you could make out of your logs, and then sell them for a bit on ebay or something.

 

[santaman2000]

If you're going to sell it as firewood then I'd reccomend cutting it to suitable length. On the other hand if your intended customer is someone looking for oak for a project, then I would only cut it upon their request; otherwise you run the risk of cutting it shorter than their requirements.

Rule of thumb: you can always cut it, but you cain't uncut it.

Whether or not there is actually a demand at all, well I really don't know.

 

[Samon]

if you want to dry it then wax or glue the ends and leave it in a decent dry place for a year or so. Might make some nice material for a carver though, enormous wood sprite would look lovely in the garden

 

[siphoxolo]

HI Im new here

Its takes about a year per inch for oak to dry out completely. We cut the oak into workable lengths and then stack them in the dry place with spaces in between the planks/sleepers so that air can flow all around the wood.

hope this helps

Regards

Sip